The Vikings are demanding hundreds of millions of dollars from Minnesota taxpayers, but they’re not above being picky over how those hundreds of millions are distributed to them. In a letter on Monday, the Vikings reluctantly agreed to help the City of Minneapolis with a proposal for a stadium on the Metrodome site, but they’re not happy about it. In fact, they implied that the city would need to pay them to get a brand new stadium on the Metrodome site:

It is imperative that your analysis of Minneapolis stadium sites include all costs associated with each site.

…the Vikings estimate the team would generate $12.3 million less each year at TCF Bank Stadium than at the Metrodome.

My heart aches for the Vikings. They would lose a small amount of revenue while the taxpayers built them a brand spanking new stadium! Oh, the humanity!

I really don’t have an opinion on a preferred site for the Vikings — I’m not trying to take a position on the Metrodome site one way or the other. But am I wrong to say that the Vikings’ argument here takes a whole lot of chutzpah?